Cookie Policy
Last updated: April 18, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Homestead Supply Online LLC ("we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
- First-party cookies: Set by Homestead Supply Online to make the site function.
- Third-party cookies: Set by partners (like Google) for advertising, analytics, and interactive content.
2. Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies for several reasons:
- Essential: Required for the website to function (e.g., your shopping cart and secure checkout).
- Performance & Analytics: Help us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve our homesteading and boating supply offerings.
- Advertising: Used to make marketing messages more relevant to you and prevent you from seeing the same ad repeatedly.
3. Google Consent Mode v2
Our website utilizes Google Consent Mode v2. This technology ensures that your privacy choices are communicated directly to Google. If you decline marketing cookies, Google’s tools will adjust their behavior to respect your privacy while still allowing us to receive aggregate, non-identifiable site data.
4. Specific Cookies We Use
Below is a summary of the primary cookies served through our Website.
| Category | Name | Purpose | Provider |
| Essential | cart_currency |
Remembers your currency for the cart. | Shopify |
| Essential | secure_customer_sig |
Maintains secure customer login. | Shopify |
| Analytics | _ga |
Distinguishes unique users for site traffic. | |
| Analytics | _shopify_y |
Shopify's internal visitor tracking. | Shopify |
| Advertising | _gcl_au |
Tracks conversions for Google Ads. | |
| Advertising | _tracking_consent |
Remembers your cookie preferences. | Shopify |
5. How to Control Cookies
Consent Manager: You can exercise your rights by adjusting your preferences in our Cookie Consent Manager, located in the notification banner and on our "Your Privacy Preferences" page.
Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website, though access to some functionality (like the checkout process) may be restricted.
6. Other Tracking Technologies
We may also use "web beacons" (tracking pixels). These allow us to understand if you reached our site from an online advertisement or if you opened one of our emails. These technologies often rely on cookies to function properly; therefore, declining cookies will impair their performance.
7. Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use or for legal and regulatory reasons. Please revisit this policy regularly to stay informed.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
- Email: info@homesteadsupplyonline.com
- Phone: (833) 664-7433
- Address: 104 Berkeley Square Lane, #1028, Goose Creek, SC 29445
